For those of you who want an extra little pick-me-up early in the game, there's a few special little tidbits hidden around the Grove.

Once you complete a couple missions, or perhaps after the very first one, a few helpful items will spawn around the cul-de-sac near CJ's house.

Facing the cul-de-sac from the street you come in on, there is a set of brass knuckles against the wall of the bridge. Simply stand beneath the highway, look to your right, and go right up to the wall to pick it up. There's also a spray target on the right side, facing this wall.

EDIT2: I forgot to mention, there is a can of spray paint inside CJ's house, in the top floor bedroom. There is also a camera here.

Facing the cul-de-sac again, in the back left corner there's a larger area, with a pistol in the back corner. This respawns every mission and every time you come back from being wasted.

Moving to the right of the pistol, you can hop over the fence into the culvert. Head to the bridge on your left, and underneath it, in the left corner, is a set of body armor. Head to the right of where you jumped over the fence, and below THAT bridge is an SMG.

Behind Ryder's house (the one to the right of CJ's, facing CJ's house), is a shovel against the back wall.

EDIT: Lunchboxx1090 has mentioned there's a Tec-9 ontop of Sweet's house.
To get on the house, go to the blue-roofed one to the right and head behind it. There is a ledge wide enough to stand on, and a part of the blue roof low enough to jump to. Go across the roof, then jump over to Sweet's house and grab the gun.

Irish Shaman says to make sure to remember to hit the gym. The melee moves the trainer teaches you at a certain muscle level is INCREDIBLY useful, as i've discovered myself on more than one occasion.

You now have two three guns, upgraded melee, and a starter melee weapon that all respawn every time you come back from a mission / being wasted.

From the Grove, head out and take the first right, going across the bridge. Take the second right across ((the first leads to the sunken road)), then a left at the Cluckin' Bell. Keep going until you reach the rusted Recycling Center. Around the back in the alley is a molotov.



EDIT: Spuduk3 says there is a sawed-off shotgun on the roof of the strip club.
To get to the strip club, go past the Recycling Center on the right side, and head straight until you reach the three-way instersection. IT should be on the left side.
To get on the strip club, simply head up the road on the right side and turn into the small alley. The roof is close enough there to simply jump on.

He also says there is a sawed-off and an AK47 at the Film Studio. To get there, head straight from the Grove and keep going straight. Head over the shortcut at the end of the road, then continue on straight. Go around the hedge, then continue in the same direction you had been going. At the street BEFORE the barbershop ((Across the street from OG Loc's Burger Shot)), take a right and keep going, and you will be at the wall of the studio. Go around the right side and in through the archway. From the archway; in the back right is an AK47, to the left of "A" Stage is a sawed-off, and within the security booth just inside the archway is a nightstick.

Once you leave the Film Studio, from the archway take a right and go down to the Cluckin' Bell. Take a right and head straight until you reach Interglobal Television and head in. At the top of the ramp is a sniper rifle.


EDIT2: Jayking824 says there is a sniper rifle on the hospital. ((Once i find which hospital, i shall put directions))